Waszczykowski: Brexit could have a domino effect

Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski warned in a German newspaper that other countries could follow suit after Britons voted to leave the European Union, Reuters reported. "There is the danger of a domino effect," Waszczykowski told the online edition of German newspaper Die Welt. He said it was therefore necessary to urgently think about what reforms were necessary in the EU, adding that the bloc needed to find new answers to economic challenges and migration as well as internal and external security. Waszczykowski said no serious political group in Poland had called for a referendum on EU membership yet but he added: "I hope that we won't be forced to take drastic measures due to imprudent actions taken by 'European reformers.'" He also criticized Germany for a post-Brexit meeting that German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier held with the European Union's six founding members. Waszczykowski said small groups should not be able to make decisions and then force these on to others. "That's a recipe for catastrophe," he said.